Scholar-in-Training Awards: Annual Meeting Grant

Scholar-in-Training Awards: Annual Meeting Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Association for Cancer Research
Last Updated: September 19, 2025

Summary

The Scholar-in-Training Awards, presented by the American Association for Cancer Research, recognize outstanding young investigators who are first authors of abstracts submitted to the AACR Annual Meeting. With over 5,000 awards since 1986, this competitive program supports attendance at the meeting, promoting innovative cancer research. Applicants must secure AACR membership and adhere to eligibility criteria, ensuring diversity in research areas. The application deadline is November 18, 2025, with strong encouragement for emerging researchers to apply.

Overview

Applicants must apply for membership by October 21, 2025 to be eligible. This is represented by pre-proposal deadline above. Applications close November 18, 2025. Scholar-in-Training Awards: Annual Meeting Since its inception in 1986, the AACR Annual Meeting Scholar-in-Training Award program has provided over 5,000 grants to young investigators and has received support from over 70 cancer research foundations, corporations, individuals, and other organizations dedicated to the fight against cancer. Scholar-in-Training Awards are highly competitive and recognize outstanding young investigators presenting meritorious proffered papers at the AACR Annual Meeting. While awards are based on meritorious applications across scientific disciplines, some funding has been designated to support awards for applicants meeting specific scientific or geographic criteria; please see Special Award Opportunities below. Scholar-in-Training Award funds are to support attendance at the Annual Meeting.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Eligibility Applicants must be the first author and presenter of an abstract submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting. Applicants must be an Associate Member of the AACR in good standing (membership current through 2024). Nonmember graduate students, medical students and residents, clinical fellows or equivalent, and postdoctoral fellows who wish to apply for a Scholar-in-Training Award should submit a Membership Application Form by October 28, 2024 in order to obtain membership in time to then submit an application for a Scholar-in-Training Award. Applicants cannot be employees or subcontractors of for-profit private industries. Applicants may apply for other travel awards but may only receive one award from the AACR to attend the Annual Meeting. We encourage applications from all areas of cancer research. Scholar-in-Training Awards funded by certain supporters are restricted to certain types of cancer research. Previous Annual Meeting’s Scholar-in-Training Award supporters are listed at the bottom of this page. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.